Hello All,
New member here. Just acquired a very neglected S2 8.0B. The former owner could not maintain his boat and his membership account and ended up donating it to our YC. I purchased it for very minimal price and figured it will be a great project boat and will eventually be fun for the whole family.
The boat is a mess. Needs a bottom job and hull paint, new lines and new sails. The interior wood is in good shape, as well as the counter tops and cabinets. Needs new cushions. At one point in its past, it was flooded. About 3 inches of standing water. Most likely from leaking chain plates. So, needs new floor boards. Chain plates have been sealed nicely since and bulkheads seem solid.
These things are really cosmetic and just need money and elbow grease to deal with. But, there are a couple of things/problems that I have concerns about and will most likely be asking this community for advice in the near future. The two biggies are:
- Sagging mast step. I have rebuilt mast steps before and this seems pretty straight forward. What amazes me about the design of this boat is that there really is no real compression post built into the boat. The mast just sits on the midship bulk head. Will be asking for compression post design ideas.
- OMC saildrive. Looks to be in good shape. I can turn the driveshaft and feels like it has compression. I am not going to try to start it until the boat is out of the water and I have had a look at the lower end.
Also, how do I determine the hull number? The HIN # is: SSU 26345M79 B
Figured the 79 stands for 1979?
I plan on setting up a blog of the work in progress soon. Anyhoo, thanks for listening and I look forward to hearing from fellow owners.
Cheers!
John
New member here. Just acquired a very neglected S2 8.0B. The former owner could not maintain his boat and his membership account and ended up donating it to our YC. I purchased it for very minimal price and figured it will be a great project boat and will eventually be fun for the whole family.
The boat is a mess. Needs a bottom job and hull paint, new lines and new sails. The interior wood is in good shape, as well as the counter tops and cabinets. Needs new cushions. At one point in its past, it was flooded. About 3 inches of standing water. Most likely from leaking chain plates. So, needs new floor boards. Chain plates have been sealed nicely since and bulkheads seem solid.
These things are really cosmetic and just need money and elbow grease to deal with. But, there are a couple of things/problems that I have concerns about and will most likely be asking this community for advice in the near future. The two biggies are:
- Sagging mast step. I have rebuilt mast steps before and this seems pretty straight forward. What amazes me about the design of this boat is that there really is no real compression post built into the boat. The mast just sits on the midship bulk head. Will be asking for compression post design ideas.
- OMC saildrive. Looks to be in good shape. I can turn the driveshaft and feels like it has compression. I am not going to try to start it until the boat is out of the water and I have had a look at the lower end.
Also, how do I determine the hull number? The HIN # is: SSU 26345M79 B
Figured the 79 stands for 1979?
I plan on setting up a blog of the work in progress soon. Anyhoo, thanks for listening and I look forward to hearing from fellow owners.
Cheers!
John
